Writing-tablet.



PATENTED OCT. 20, 19 93. P. B. BOGART.- WRITING TABLET. APPLIOATIONFILED jun 27. 1903.

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NiTED STATES Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT FFIQE:

PETER B. BOGART, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WRITING-TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,878, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed July 27, 1903. Serial No. 167,094. (No modeLl .To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER B. BoeARr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Writing-Tablets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in more particularly designed foruse in con-' nection with that class of tablets shown and described inLetters Patent No. 716,629, issued to F. E. Dodge, of Vienna,Austria-Hungary, on the 23d day of December, 1902, and subsequentlyassigned to me.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 isa cross-sectional view drawn through the pencil-retainer. Figs. 3 and 4are detail plan and sectional views, respectively, showing a modifiedform of retainer. Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views, respectively, showinga reversal of the style of retainer shown in Figs. 3 and 4. retainers ofFigs. 4 and 6 and a portion of the backing, showing the slottedretainershank and a staple used for binding the various portions of thepad together, the staple being illustrated in cross-section.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

A block of paper 1, prepared in the form of a writing-tablet, isprovided with a transverse row of perforations at 2, which permit themain portions of the sheets to be torn off, leaving a stub at the upperend of the tablet. This stub is covered by a form 4, containing aguide-copy, as described in the aforesaid former patent. The pad isprovided witha back 5, of comparatively stifi material, and the back isarranged to project from beneath the pad along one side, as indicated ata, forming a shelf adapted to support a pencil 7.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the The back is provided with apencil-.

retainer, which may be in the form of a loop 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and2, or in the form of a'hook 9,as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or in the formof a hook 10, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In either case the shank of thehook is extended underneath the stub and secured to the stub and back bymeans of a staple 11, which also serves to hold the stub to the backand, in fact, secures the entire pad together.

The style of pencil-holder shown may be of pasteboard, leather, rubber,or any suitable flexible material. The hooks 9 and 10, however, arepreferably formed of resilient metal, and it will be observed that theconstruction of the hook 10 is not materially different from that of thehook 9, except that the hook 10 is arranged to clamp the pencil betweenit and the back 5, while the hook 9 clamps it. against the side of thestub. Each of the retainers 8, 9, and 10, however, are located at theside of the pad adjacent tothe end of the stub and serve to securelyhold the pencil in the angle formed between the stub and the back.

I am aware that it has heretofore been attempted to provide holders atthe side of a writing-pad; but, so far as I'am aware, such holders havealways been located opposite the removable portions of the sheets, whichwhen torn off remove the support from the pencilretainer to such anextent that when the pad is partially exhausted the retainer gives way,thus causing the loss of the pencil. With my invention, however, thepencil-retainer 8, 9, or 10 is reinforced in two directions under allcircumstances until the pad is completely exhausted. It is alsoprotected against being accidentally struck, and a slight movement ofthe pencil brings the latter into contact either with the stub or withthe base, thus preventing serious strain upon the retainer. Wheremetallic retainers are used, they are preferably provided with a slot,as indicated at b in Fig. 7. The retainer-shank is inserted underneaththe stub in a position to receive the staple in the slot, the staplebeing shown in cross-section in said figure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a device of the described class, ablock of paper sheets, perforated near one end to KOO h LA

form a stub; a stiff backing for the sheets projecting at one side ofthe block to form a shelf; a pencil-retainer upon said shelf and havinga shank projecting underneath the stub; andabinding deviceextendingthrough the stub, pencil-retainer shank and backing.

2. A block of sheets of paper, perforated near one end to form a stub; astiff backing therefor, projecting laterally on one side of the block; ametallic plate interposed between the stub and the backing andprojecting into the angle formed by the stub and backing at the side ofthe block; and a staple securing the stub-plate and backing together;said plate being bent into the form of a clam ping-hook adapted tocooperate with the stub and backing in retaining a pencil.

3. A block of sheets of paper provided with a stiff backing projectingat the right-hand side of the block toform a pencil-holding shelf; apencil-retainer at the right-hand upper corner of the block in the angleformed by the block and shelf; and a binding device securing the block,pencil-retainer and back Witnesses:

LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, CHAS. B. PERRY.

